In today’s frenzied, imminent post-COVID world, investors fall into three camps: The crowd-pleasers The fence-sitters The contrarians The crowd-pleasers are investors doing what everyone else is doing. If someone’s buzzing about it on social media, the Internet, or the news, they’re jumping on the bandwagon. The result is a feeding frenzy for stocks and crypto […]
Author Archives: Michael Foley
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Jun
Jun
How will soaring wages and labor shortages affect your portfolio? It depends on how your portfolio is allocated. If you’re heavily allocated towards equities, you may be in trouble. Creeping inflation is a big concern for 2021. Even the Fed has expressed caution. So far, inflation has been passed on to the consumer who, replenished with […]
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May
May
Investors have been drawn to the commercial real estate (“CRE”) asset class for decades for the twin wealth builders: Cash Flow and Appreciation. Some CRE segments even thrive during recessions and inflationary times. Now, with inflation in the air, investors may lean to the CRE class more than ever. There is a right way and a […]
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May
May
“Consumer Confidence Falls In Early May Amid Inflation Fears” –U.S. News, May 14, 2021. Do you know what else has fallen along with consumer confidence? The stock market and Bitcoin. Between May 7 and May 12, the Dow shed nearly 1,200 points. In just ten days, starting on May 9, Bitcoin plunged more than 40%. While consumer […]
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May
May
Saving won’t make you rich. Saving is just delaying gratification. It’s not an emergency plan, not a wealth plan. Instead of spending your money now, you’re saving it for some time in the future. You’re saving for a rainy day… The problem is saving won’t make you wealthy. It won’t give you the ability to live […]
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May
May
At least one person is not a fan of all the stimulus spending and the crazy stock crypto speculation that has resulted from it. Charlie Munger, 97, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, had this to say about the combination of federal spending and low-interest rates feeding the speculating frenzy in the stock and crypto markets: “It’s […]
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May
May
The stock market is on a tear – continually breaking all-time highs since the beginning of the year. But, unfortunately, the massive trading volume is keeping the cats on Wall Street flat. They want to keep this gravy train going as long as possible, but there’s a significant threat looming on the horizon – inflation. […]
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Apr
Apr
His nickname may be Shady, but there’s nothing shady about Lesean McCoy’s business acumen… Shady has the distinction of playing on the last two Super Bowl-winning teams. He didn’t play a single snap in either game, but he earned Super Bowl rings for being on the roster. I guess you could say he mastered the […]
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Apr
Apr
Three rounds of stimulus packages have pumped more than $5 trillion of newly minted money into the financial markets. And if you look at the stock market and bitcoin’s price, it’s not hard to see where bored and novice investors are putting their stimulus checks. Since the stock market bottomed out last March in the […]
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Apr
Apr
According to a recent Bankrate survey, more than half of Americans lose sleep over their finances – with healthcare, expenses, and saving for retirement among the biggest worries. This Bankrate survey was conducted in 2019 – before the COVID pandemic. Those numbers are undoubtedly higher now – a year after the start of the pandemic and one of the worst […]